What's Your Most Recent NSV

JoshRuns

I completed a 5k run for the first time in over a year, with a time of 33 minutes! I also ran negative splits!

PinUpDreamer926

I made it through meal prepping without crying!

takinitalloff

@PinUpDreamer926 It does get easier with practice, right? Hang in there!

praksindiafit

I. Logged. Back. In - after years, Victory or not, but maybe a start again, who knows,..give me a booster hi..maybe to pump me up..lifes thrown a lot of lemons in this years, still dodging a few. But need to get into fitness. Ohh i logged in not cause of fitness - but just saw a movie and remembered i too had an active community here.. so logged in, Maybe its a sign i need to start my fitness journey again. Loveee you all

AnnPT77

This may be a goofy one:

Y'all know the cardiovascular exercise recommendation for basic good health is 150 minutes a week of moderate exercise, 75 minutes of more intense exercise, or a proportionate combination.

Garmin tracks this as "intensity minutes", in which a minute of more intense exercise counts as 2 intensity minutes.

My first exercise activity of the week, a lovely fun bike ride out on the trail system in beautiful weather, got me to 170 intensity minutes.

No, I'm not taking the rest of the week off!

nighthawk584

My current NSV is being able to walk through the grocery store Chip, Cookie and Candy aisles without even glancing at them. Not only that, think of all the money saved from buying that overpriced junk! HA!

MargaretYakoda

praksindiafit wrote: »

I. Logged. Back. In - after years, Victory or not, but maybe a start again, who knows,..give me a booster hi..maybe to pump me up..lifes thrown a lot of lemons in this years, still dodging a few. But need to get into fitness. Ohh i logged in not cause of fitness - but just saw a movie and remembered i too had an active community here.. so logged in, Maybe its a sign i need to start my fitness journey again. Loveee you all

YES! THAT IS AMAZING!!!

mtaratoot

nighthawk584 wrote: »

My current NSV is being able to walk through the grocery store Chip, Cookie and Candy aisles without even glancing at them. Not only that, think of all the money saved from buying that overpriced junk! HA!

Soon you'll be able to not only glance at them but pick them up, look at the nutrition label and the pretty picture on the box, think about how much you would (or wouldn't actually) enjoy eating them, and put them back on the shelf and say to yourself, "Not today."

AnnPT77

Saw my primary care physician this week. When we were talking about cardiovascular health, she said - with emphasis - "Your cholesterol is phenomenal. I wish more people had cholesterol that good."

It used to be high. My previous PCP, now retired, was encouraging statins. Not wanting to take statins was an important part of my committing to weight loss 9 years ago.

MurphmomSparkles

@praksindiafit You got this!!

takinitalloff

AnnPT77 wrote: »

Saw my primary care physician this week. When we were talking about cardiovascular health, she said - with emphasis - "Your cholesterol is phenomenal. I wish more people had cholesterol that good."

It used to be high. My previous PCP, now retired, was encouraging statins. Not wanting to take statins was an important part of my committing to weight loss 9 years ago.

That is super awesome. For some reason my cholesterol values have all worsened during this weight loss thing (most other values have improved). I'm not too worried for now because I'm hopeful that maybe this change was due to all the body fat I've been breaking down? But I really have no idea what's going on. I figure I'll wait for the next cholesterol check and see how things go. Anyway, congrats on your phenomenal cholesterol, and also on having a physician who recognizes your phenomenality!

Lietchi

takinitalloff wrote: »

AnnPT77 wrote: »

Saw my primary care physician this week. When we were talking about cardiovascular health, she said - with emphasis - "Your cholesterol is phenomenal. I wish more people had cholesterol that good."

It used to be high. My previous PCP, now retired, was encouraging statins. Not wanting to take statins was an important part of my committing to weight loss 9 years ago.

That is super awesome. For some reason my cholesterol values have all worsened during this weight loss thing (most other values have improved). I'm not too worried for now because I'm hopeful that maybe this change was due to all the body fat I've been breaking down? But I really have no idea what's going on. I figure I'll wait for the next cholesterol check and see how things go. Anyway, congrats on your phenomenal cholesterol, and also on having a physician who recognizes your phenomenality!

I have actually read somewhere that fat loss can worsen cholesterol temporarily!

springlering62

I’m curious. My blood pressure is a bit elevated after weight loss. I know this is kinda an asinine question but I usually wear long sleeves. You’d have no idea I’m muscular unless I stripped down some.

When they do the BP cuff, it gets so painfully tight it cuts off circulation.

Do you think it’s possible that the cuff gives misreadings if it can’t tighten properly over muscle?

(I said it was an asinine question!)

I also got a TDAP over a week ago.( I guess they thought Tetanus might be a good idea after a banging case of road rash.) That went right into the heart of my bicep, and I almost hit the roof. Def a difference versus the last muscular injection I got. My trainer asked me yesterday “is that big bruise from your acccident, too?”

Getting healthier comes with sooooooo many questions.

Thats my NSV for today. Dumb questions, and the fact that I went down hard but came up swinging within a couple days. That wouldn’t have happened before.

AmunahSki

I needed to buy size 10 jeans today, and I really wasn’t prepared for that!

herblovinmom

I did it anyways!!
When my fitness platform wasn’t streaming correctly instead of just giving up and calling it a day I decided to make my own short hiit routine to do with random exercises I had in my head at the moment. Did some warm up stretches, high knees, pushups, side shuffling, mountain climbers, jumping jacks and jump squats and a short cool down. Just started my watch and switched it up every 30 seconds or so 👍
I did it anyways!!!

need2move2

Was scared to order a smaller size in jeans.... old ones were baggy... the new ones fit. Probably never ever seen this size as an adult or teenager!

SKavan82

I am finally in single digit jeans. I haven’t been a size 6 since high-school. I went from a 16 to a 6 in just under a year!

takinitalloff

Since we're doing "legwear" today: I ordered a pair of XL yoga pants... I will have to return them because they just hang off me Oops I guess I should start looking at size M instead of "slightly smaller than plus size." The brain really does take a minute to catch up!

I recently started a taiko drumming class (Japanese drums). I was a bit apprehensive because I expected to be having trouble with having to be on my feet for an hour and a half. But it hasn't been a problem at all... I'm having a blast

I went for a (very brief) hike the other day, and every time I came to a fork in the trail, I chose the harder path.

Also I've been getting these random urges to sprint (across the parking lot, up a short incline, etc.). It feels great, but also weird because I have never in my life felt the need to run.

Oh and my watch band fits another notch tighter.

Lolinloggen

mjstewies wrote: »

Okay. The other day I was wrestling with my pup and all of a sudden one of my rings fell off and flew across the room. Yikes!! Makes me feel great that I'm that much slimmer but it's also sad because I had 2 rings on that finger, both extremely sentimental and I am now storing them in my jewelry box so I don't loose them. Not quite ready to resize and they don't fit on the next finger yet. Kind of bummed.

I never resized I used a very thin ring a size smaller to keep things in place No need for that now as arthritis in my ring finger is now a natural stop on my sti ll slim finger

Schnootie

I went for a walk in the park, then sat down and finally made a commitment to this site. Cancelled Weight Watchers and purchased MFP Premium. I always did so much better when being able to monitor micronutrients, which WW does not offer. I feel so much lighter having decided.

Scott2026

I was talking to a coworker a couple days after moving my daughter out of her third floor apartment one day, driving home 13 hrs and unloading her the next. She asked if I was sore, which I thought was odd. Answered “no”, and she said “show off” which all had me confused a bit. Then I realized, yeah that would/had been an issue in the past. But honestly I wasn’t sore, never out of breath, and still had plenty of energy after loading up that first day.
It nice to see how my increased fitness is showing up in everyday situations.

Have a great one!

herblovinmom

I’ve got muscle forming under my arm fat… I can flex and see an actual ball of muscle 💪 I’ve always been pretty strong but I don’t think I’ve ever been able to see the flex so that’s neat and quite rewarding for my efforts 🎉

zed_93

I used to wear my Garmin on a certain notch and it would sit comfortably on my wrist. Three weeks of working out and eating healthy and it's starting to slide further down my arm. Time to change notches!

springlering62

My NSV today is weird, but a genuine compliment.

Two weeks ago I rode my bike to the gym, intending to swim laps and do aquafit with my husband.

On the way, I decided to see if my bike could fly. It could not, but turns out I can. For short distances.

I continued to the gym, swam for about twenty minutes, til my hand brushed something, and lit me up. I realized it was my hip, swollen out to here. I managed to climb the ladder out of the pool, hugged a wall for a minute, and then couldn’t stand up. Staff got me into a wheelchair, called the husband, and I went to Urgent Care. No break, thank heavens.

Today at the pool, Mr Inappropriate cornered me. Nice enough fellow, no filter.

“You ok? We were all worried about you! Everyone was panicking and nobody knew what to do. It was like Superwoman had tripped on her cape!”

After I thought about it, that was pretty darned funny, and coming from him, unfiltered and genuine. It absolutely made my day.

MargaretYakoda

springlering62 wrote: »

I continued to the gym, swam for about twenty minutes, til my hand brushed something, and lit me up. I realized it was my hip, swollen out to here. I managed to climb the ladder out of the pool, hugged a wall for a minute, and then couldn’t stand up. Staff got me into a wheelchair, called the husband, and I went to Urgent Care. No break, thank heavens.

For real. Glad nothing is broken.

But all the exercise you’ve been doing for years now likely really strengthened your bones.
A NSV in and of itself.

rlpomeroy

I've been on Metformin for diabetes for almost 25 years...until this week. I got a continuous glucose monitor last week and have been following my numbers. I haven't had any reading that were even close to being to high, so I decided to stop the Metformin and see what happened. My numbers went up only by a few points. I let my primary provider know, and he has agreed that I should stay off it and continue to monitor. :-D

spirittrail

A very tiny NSV compared to recent Super Heroes posts.......congratulations @springlering62 and @ripomeroy I have a habit of keeping older pyjamas, leisure wear and workout clothes......I pack them for vacations and leave them behind. Its a process that reveals itself....so last night I put on an older pair of long pant and long top pyjamas I "found". I remember them fitting snugly a couple of years ago. They were HUGE! 😳 I checked the tag.....L. 😀 Im going to be putting these in the "vacation pile"...Im actually still in shock as I definitely remember them being form fitting....

MurphmomSparkles

@rlpomeroy So awesome!
@springlering62 Glad you are ok!

EliseTK1

@springlering62 I also think of you as Superwoman. So glad you’re recovering well!

@rlpomeroy That is amazing! I just had this convo with several family members who have type 2 diabetes. When the older ones were diagnosed, they were taught that they will be on meds for life and there is no way to reverse it. They’re only just recently finding out how powerful diet and exercise can be.

EliseTK1

I haven’t had a scale victory in a while as I’ve gained some weight back in the last several months. However, on my vacation last week, I hiked over 13 miles total in 4 states. These weren’t easy, flat hikes. There was a lot of rock climbing, balancing, stair climbing, and stretches of muddy trekking uphill. I knocked them out like they were a stroll around the neighborhood. The scale can’t tell me I’m fit- it’s obvious that I am fit by the way I function.

I’ve been discussing this with a number of people in my life- I have friends my age (39) who can’t comfortably walk a mile, and it seems to be a common acceptance where I live that folks past a certain age just “can’t” do things like walk moderate distances, lift heavy things, or easily get up from sitting on the floor. And yet… I have a friend in her 60s who gets invited to compete all over the world in triathlons. She started exercising in her 50s. I know several folks in their 70s and 80s who move like they’re 25 and get double the steps daily that I do.

My thinking has shifted slowly over this journey. I don’t care so much about looking a certain way. I simply want to be able to live every day to the fullest, and that means I want to be active and functional for the next 50+ years. I have a lot of fun stuff left to do! That’s a strong motivator to keep up the healthy habits.